Previously published by Magna Carta, Baltimore. Published as a set by Genealogical Publishing with the two vols. of the Genealogies in the Library of Congress, and the two vols. of the Supplement. Set ISBN is 0806316691.

The purpose of this manual is to provide genealogists with an uncomplicated yet academically acceptable guide to basic citations. It has been prepared with the needs of genealogissts foremost in mind.

The friendship of the bachelor politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did neither marry? Might they have been gay? Or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day "bromance"? In Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas J. Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. He traces the parallels in the men's personal and professional lives before elected office, including their failed romantic courtships and the stories they told about them. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as congressional messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse and became close confidantes. Around the nation's capital, the men were mocked for their effeminacy and perhaps their sexuality, and they were likened to Siamese twins. Over time, their intimate friendship blossomed into a significant cross-sectional political partnership. Balcerski examines Buchanan's and King's contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the increasingly divisive debates over slavery, while contesting interpretations that the men lacked political principles and deserved blame for the breakdown of the union. He closely narrates each man's rise to national prominence, as William Rufus King was elected vice-president in 1852 and James Buchanan the nation's fifteenth president in 1856, despite the political gossip that circulated about them. While exploring a same-sex relationship that powerfully shaped national events in the antebellum era, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were--and continue to be--an important part of success in American politics.

Lists about 2500 books found in major libraries throughout the U. S. containing genealogies of families from Virginia and West Virginia. The books listed deal with families of Virginia origins but often follow their descendants far and wide across the continent. Each book is listed under the surname of the primary Virginia family covered in it. Many of the titles listed deal with several families, not all of which may have Virginia roots. Citations to all these allied families are listed in a cross-reference table, regardless of the geographic focus of the family, making this bibliography of use to researchers with interests outside Virginia also.

George Washington Cobb was born 11 July 1862 in Marion, Massachusetts. His first marriage was to Alberta Perry Hayes in Kittery, Maine, 27 October 1887. His second marriage was to Hannah Young 19 September 1913. George died 29 January 1921 in Marion, Massachusetts. Alberta Perrry Hayes was born 6 December 1865 in Kittery, Maine. Her parents were Calvin Lewis Hayes and Angelia Martin Perry. She married George Washington Cobb. Alberta died 3 March 1917 in Kittery, Maine. Reinhold J. Halm was born 1 September 1852 in New York City. He married Frances Sayer King in Washington, D.C. 12 December 1888. He died 27 September 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. Frances Sayer King was born 23 October 1849 in Washington, D.C. Her parents were Charles Kirby King and Erin Columbia Moran. Her first marriage was to Rear Admiral John Colt Beaumont in Washington, D.C. 26 June 1873. Her second marriage was to Reinhold J. Halm. Frances died 5 March 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia.